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Quarterly Newsletter
April 19, 2023
MADIS data system moves to full operations
The NOAA National Weather Service and the greater meteorological community rely on high-quality observations to better understand the atmosphere, improve weather forecasts, and support warnings for hazardous weather events. GSL recently transferred the final versions of the flagship observation system, the Meteorological Assimilation and Data In...
April 19, 2023
Forecasters test Threats In Motion this spring
NOAA NWS forecasters are testing an experimental weather alert system called Threats In Motion (TIM). Threats in Motion lets forecasters create moving warning polygons for hazardous weather to alert the public in its path. The legacy warning system poses a challenge for forecasters when the hazardous weather appears to be continuing beyond the i...
April 12, 2023
GSL completes first research to education transition with Science On a Sphere®
For the past 25 years, Science on a Sphere® (SOS) has been a valuable tool to visualize Earth system science for audiences of all ages and education. SOS was invented and built in 2005 and received a US patent. Since then, SOS has been installed in nearly 200 locations around the world, with an estimated 67 million people viewing it each year. ...
April 12, 2023
GSL/CIRES Gerard Ketefian wins DTC award
NOAA GSL and CIRES research scientist Dr. Gerard Ketefian was recently awarded the Development Testbed Center’s Performance Recognition for Outstanding DTC achievements (PROUD) Award. The Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) is a distributed facility where the Numerical Weather Prediction community can test and evaluate new models and techniques ...
March 28, 2023
Forecast Verification Project for Denver International Airport
A new study led by GSL and Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) scientists investigates the skill of various forecasting tools in predicting severe winter weather.Aviation managers are often faced with many forecasting options to help make decisions. In winter, these forecasts are used to decide which snow alert level to d...
March 23, 2023
DTC Award for GSL's Dr. Man Zhang
NOAA GSL and CIRES research scientist Dr. Man Zhang was recently awarded the Development Testbed Center’s Performance Recognition for Outstanding DTC achievements (PROUD) Award. The Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) is a distributed facility where the Numerical Weather Prediction community can test and evaluate new models and techniques for use...